
New polls from ABC News and CBS News, conducted in the days since the federal indictment of Donald Trump became public, suggest that most Americans see a security risk in the former president's actions and consider the charges to be serious.
But none of the polls suggest much movement in overall views of Trump, especially among Republicans. Both polls also find a significant share of concern that the charges are politically motivated, though this view is largely driven by Republicans.
According to an ABC News/Ipsos poll conducted June 9-10, 61% of Americans said the federal charges Trump faces are very or somewhat serious, while 28% said they are not serious. A majority of Democrats (91%) and independents (63%) said the charges are serious, while only 38% of Republicans felt the same way.
About half of those surveyed said they saw the allegations against Trump as politically motivated (47%), while 37% did not and 16% said they were not sure. Republicans overwhelmingly saw the charges as political (80%), while most Democrats (71%) said they were not politically motivated.
The CBS News/YouGov poll found that 69% of Americans think it would be a security risk if Trump "had documents related to US nuclear systems or military plans in his home after leaving office," while 31% they said this would not be a risk. .
According to the CBS poll, among likely Republican primary voters, far fewer saw Trump's potential possession of nuclear and military documents as a security risk (only 38% said so). In contrast, 76% said political motivations were a bigger issue than national security risk, 12% said they were more concerned about security, and 12% said both.
Notably, just 7% of likely GOP primary voters said the impeachment was likely to worsen their view of Trump, while 61% said it was unlikely to change their view of the former president and 14% said it might it changed him for the better. About ( 18%) said it depends on what they learn in the coming weeks./CNN
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